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1887, 1888, 1236 to 1285

by: United States. Bureau of Fisheries

Publication date: 1887

Topics: Fish Hawk (Steamer), Marine biology, Marine invertebrates, Ichthyology

Collection: sifieldbooks; biodiversity

Contributor: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Language: English

Item Size: 96.2M

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Original logbook of the Fish Hawk, 30 August 1887 to 5 September 1888, station record numbers 1236 to 1285. Data recorded include instrument used, current number of observation, date, locality, bearings, time of day and tide, state of sky, temperature of (air, surface of water, at depth of, of bottom), depth, nature of bottom, direction of, force of, name of vessel, to what service attached, name and rank of commanding officer, name and position of observer, and remarks. Remarks sometimes include lists of specimens collected including quantities. Observers: [J. M. Creighton?]. Locality: Menemsha Bight, Vineyard Sound, Block Island Sound, and the North Atlantic Ocean

Abstract: Original logbook of the Fish Hawk, 30 August 1887 to 5 September 1888, station record numbers 1236 to 1285. Data recorded include instrument used, current number of observation, date, locality, bearings, time of day and tide, state of sky, temperature of (air, surface of water, at depth of, of bottom), depth, nature of bottom, direction of, force of, name of vessel, to what service attached, name and rank of commanding officer, name and position of observer, and remarks. Remarks sometimes include lists of specimens collected including quantities. Observers: [J. M. Creighton?]. Locality: Menemsha Bight, Vineyard Sound, Block Island Sound, and the North Atlantic Ocean.